No, I said I'm not going to analyze every single roster transaction and the consensus fan base position for the indefinite past for every team starting with less than 23. The indisputable fact is that 1/3 of the league can't carry a full roster on opening night.
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but a team can't start the season until they are? like would they forfeit the games?
Dude...if TM hates Kaliyev and the kids like so many here allude to, it would be very easy for him to say something in this situation like 'one man down, next one up - we'll go from there' or whatever. He specifically was asked if this would affect Kaliyev's roster spot -- and he specifically said NO.
And the point is some are for dumber reasons than others. Pretending they're all the same is a silly defense.
And then you have acorns that even use quotes like this:
This is drifting a bit from the (at least) 1/3 of the league that is starting the season with a short roster, but some might argue that dumb would be to roll back the same roster as last year considering that we saw its severe limitations against Edmonton (for a second year in a row). Vilardi/Iafallo/Kupari combined have almost exactly the equivalent cap hit of Dubois.
The Danault line is the 3rd line. So Arty will be on the 2nd.
Wait you wouldn’t give him Arvidsson spot? Kaliyev is the younger player with a higher ceiling.. arvidsson contract expires this year and the Kings will most likely let him walk. I personally would use context when playing them. Kaliyev has a lot to prove while Arvidsson is most likely gone this year
And there would be much less vitriol from reasonable people.
I mean, those teams can't do it though because the three you listed are all starting under 23. That's the whole point. Not a single one of those three is a perfectly constructed team that has no inefficiencies on the roster.
I can easily see Kaliyev replacing Arvidssons stats with some more icetime and linemates. Arvidsson is the better player right now but he’s gone come TDL or offseason. Kaliyev needs the opportunity. Arvidsson is not that important that he’s pivotal to be kept on that line Imo.
I have not once said the Kings had a perfectly constructed roster like you implied about Colorado, Dallas, and Carolina. In fact, the entire point I've been making is that it is impossible to perfectly allocate all resources under a stagnant cap in order to have a flawless roster (i.e., one without deficiencies). Once again, teams have to make sacrifices (one prominent example being the 1/3 of the league that is opening the season carrying less than 23 players).
I want to see Kaliyev find a home on this team (as TM has talked about Moore in the past), but I just don’t see his fit on that line. The Nice line works as well as it does because all three guys are constant motor, high energy/effort players and (when clicking) suffocate the opposing line in that fashion. I’m fine to see what the three of them would look like as a line, but I think you’ll loose the “sum greater than it’s parts” aspect of that line by putting a trigger man who isn’t a forechecking machine on that line.
